Greek Historical Sources- DIODORUS SICULUS 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Ancient HistoryAncient SourcesSpartaAncient GreeceASOCR Created by: thebookwurmCreated on: 14-05-16 12:43 Dates...? BC90-during reign of Augustus 1 of 10 Place of Birth...? Sicily 2 of 10 Wrote what when...? Bibliotheke during last years of Roman Republic. 3 of 10 Bibliotheke was...? 40 volumes. 11-17 covered Greco-Persian Wars (480) to Alexander the Great (323) 4 of 10 Criticised as a...? Copier for summarising earlier works. Some lost works survive through him. 5 of 10 Tends to repeat...? Opinions from copied sources, making judgements superficial and predisposed. Added little of his own analysis. 6 of 10 Dating is...? Arbitary: changes chronological order, and places several spaced events into the same year. 7 of 10 Predisposition reflected...? Athenian of copied sources. Particularly highly biased Ephorus. 8 of 10 His work is useful when...? Compared to Xenophon's. 9 of 10 Own predisposition...? Roman. Reflection of living during the Republic. 10 of 10
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